Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-17
NO3I
TONTO BASIN.

Return of the Deputy sherffs.-The Sto- ries Concerning the Milling of MuI-
 venom false-A BlOodless and Futile
 Pursuit of the RustlerS.
 The whole community of Northern
 AriZon6 have been ID a condition of az
 itstion and suspense during the last
 few days on account os the runors. re-
 garding the murder of Sheriff Nrl-
 venom and several oi his deputies m
 TODto Besin- Stories were told of the
 killing with a minuteness of detail that
 compelled the most skepticsI to think
 that the many terrible circumstances re-
 lated must have some truth for their
 origin. The telegraph scattered rpes-
 saRes all over the country supposed to
 have emansted from Prescott giving
 the death of Sheriff Nulveron. as a
 positive fcct. Other information claim ed to have been brought diseci fror. hs scene Ot operations, related sha kilI, 2 of Deputy Sheriff Francis snd otksf5. The result of all this was tnat although little reliance was placed upon specific statements there was a general inpres- sion that there had been c serious fight in ;he Basin and that probably some officers were killed and others wounded.
 With this feeling prevailing the minds Of the people here, the relief felt can scarcely be imagined. when John Weath- lord lone of tie deputies) was seen rid ing into town last evening. bringing the welcome information that all the ru- mors circulated were false, that theIe had been no fight, and no one had re- celved scratch. That Billy Mllvenou was safe on hIs way to Prescott and thst his. (W estherford's) companions, J. ". Francis and E. F. Odell were close behind, both men and horses a llttie worn with two weeks rough wOTk, but as safe and sound as when they startei.
 After leaving Flagstaff on Sandsy, the Fist of August, the deputy sheritfs from here met Mulvenon and his party at PsysOn, and they proceeded together towards the Basin, the sheriff having m hIs possession ten warrants for the ar rest of the TevkesbuIys and others of the gang. They found the ranches of the Tewkesburys occupied by the parties they were ln search of and no trace or them in the neighbOrhood. On going tO store few miles from JoEn Iewks- bury 's Ssnch. they met a party of the Graham boys and the man Andy Cooper. the leaders of the faction opposed Co the Tevkesbury, with whom they had 8 but Bs they had no war rants for the arrest of these men, they were not mole-t ted. The GraLams stated that if the sheriff and his posse dii not arrest the Tewkesbury gang. they in- tended to take the matter into their own hands an1 make war on them until they were exterminsted or drlyen away from the country.
 They found some trace of party having gone nOrthwatd, probably to ward Holbrook for prOyisIo8s, and camp ing near the place last mentioned, wait sd to intercept them. h the morning before sunrise. a messenger came mic ,smp asking that sheriff Mulyenon and one companion come to a certain poIUt To meet a party. They went, and it IS met George Newton, the nan at whose ranch the killing of the cowboys occurred about three weeks Igo. What transpired Et this confer nee between Mulyenon and Newton is lot yet known.
 On visiting the ranch of George New on the ranch vas fCuad abandoned md burnt 10 the ground, the b dies of be two horses killed m the fight were iere found lyisg ia tbe iron; of the uins and the newly-nsde graves of the wo covboys, John PaIn and Hamilton 3levins were seen close by. but no living hing was found neBr, except hog aEj ome chickens.
 After securing the country carefully racks of the fugitives were found, show = that a considerable number of horse nen had gone towards the most impe1e- rR ole caDons sud rGvlaes on the farther ide of the Basin. That they had taken very precsutiOn Co prevent sUcCe= sfUl lursuit, WAS evident, as on approaching
 ravine two horsemen had deoioyed on ither side of the main body to protect hem from any attack on the flank.
 Afeer considering the situation sheriff iulvenOn came to the conclusion that urther pursuit Rt that iImc would he ssless and unnecessarily endauger tho Ives of the party, therefore be resolved o abandon the chase snd the posse Ivided, Mulvenon and his men return pQ to Prescott and the FlagstET men nsking their way here.
 Things are in a fearful condition m be Basin. Since the two men Pain and Slevins were killed by the parties firing rom their concealed position ID New on's ranch. William Graham WIS shot rom an ambush while riding n the 'syson trail and died the next day. Old 1sn Blevins is also probably killed. He ss been missing for a month E3d no race can be found of bis bOdy-Fisc- tsff Champion.